History of Lebanon, (Haywood County) Tennessee United States of America

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The Biography of Samuel Albert Link

Samuel Albert Link, educator, was born near Lebanon, Tenn., July 10, 1848; son of William B. and Amanda (Randolph) Link, and grandson of Jonas A. and Katharine (Newman) Link and of Peyton Washington and Margery (Tucker) Randolph. He attended the Oak Plain academy, Montgomery county, Tenn., and was graduated from Ewing college, A.B., 1874, A.M., 1877. He was married in August, 1875, to Sallie A. Deboe, of Kentucky, who died in 1892. He was professor of Latin and English at Ewing college, 1874-75; was given charge of the training school near Clarksville, Tenn., in 1886,; was superintendent of the Tennessee School for the Blind, Nashville, 1886-93; president of the Tennessee Female college at Franklin, Tenn., 1893-95, and was appointed teacher of Latin in the Nashville High school in 1895. He was elected a member of the Tennessee Historical society in 1889, and subsequently a member of the Modern Language association. He is the author of Pioneers of Southern Literature (2 vols., 1899-1900), and contributions to periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor